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10-05-2015, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Austin, TX,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 599 Polished Bronze
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Anyone heard of a Scarab?
I've been following these cars for some time now.
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10-05-2015, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
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Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
Previously owned EM Cobra
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10-05-2015, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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If you know anything about Shelby American history you know about those cars.
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10-05-2015, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Carlsbad,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SAI FIA, 289HP (5-bolt), 48IDA Webers
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The Shelby Venice building used to be where Scarabs were built, Phil Remington came with the building when Shelby took it over.
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10-06-2015, 01:35 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Crawley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AC427 MkIII of 2004 vintage
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And three were sold a few weeks ago at the Goodwood Revival. Check the Bonhams website. (I kicked the tires... 
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10-06-2015, 03:59 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Krakow,
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Cobra Make, Engine: EASER/pilgrim sumo, 2.9EFI V6 FORD
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6 years ago i've seen molds and few aluminium panels and a big poster  but Daytona under build was more atractive for my eyes. |
10-06-2015, 04:16 AM
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Nice looking car but for me does not have the same appeal the Cobra leaves me with.
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10-06-2015, 04:24 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
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I agree with mdross1.
Seems like something is missing. It doesn't have that "Oh yeah baby" look to it.
Just my opinion.
Tru
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10-06-2015, 04:39 AM
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Its one of the many 1950s /60s built up sports racing cars that graced the tracks along side and against the likes of Jaguar Ferrari etc . May of been the inspiration Shelby used to wanna build a car of his own.
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10-06-2015, 06:04 AM
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Considering that's a late '50s design, beats the pants off of anything else of that time - according to Chuck Daigh. IMO better looking than the 289 and a toss up with the 427 which came 8 years later.
“There was really no competition for us. There wasn’t any car in the world that I couldn’t beat with the Scarab. If we had raced against the Mercedes or the Ferraris or the whatevers, we could have beaten them – easily.”
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10-06-2015, 06:17 AM
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It was a bitsa this and bitsa that.. it had no real chance of matching the might of the mercedes teams. That ole vette engine would of been blown into the track dust...
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10-06-2015, 06:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brooklyn-427
It was a bitsa this and bitsa that.. it had no real chance of matching the might of the mercedes teams. That ole vette engine would of been blown into the track dust...
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I'm sure Chuck was quite aware of what it would take to end up in the winner's circle.
He also won the 1958 United States Sports Car Grand Prix at Riverside, California, driving a Scarab. This event was largely credited with launching professional sports car racing in the United States. |
10-06-2015, 11:26 AM
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Location: SoCal,
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX #4xxx with CSX 482; David Kee Toploader
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Quote:
Originally Posted by compclassics
the shelby venice building used to be where scarabs were built, phil remington came with the building when shelby took it over.
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bingo!:d
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10-06-2015, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: LAS VEGAS,
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Cobra Make, Engine: contemporary(2) one with 427 sohc and one with 427 center oiler
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I passed on one advertised on e-bay a couple of years ago. It looked a lot like the blue one in the above picture. It sold in the 35k-38k range. I keep thinking about that missed opportunity. I think it's a bad ass car.
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10-06-2015, 12:05 PM
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Location: Milwaukee,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 1968 GT350, FFR Daytona Coupe
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Augie Pabst was a owner and driver of a Scarab in vintage races.
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10-06-2015, 12:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bernica
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Click on the Riverside, 1959 branch of the timeline, they're all links to more info, Shelby and Daigh in the pits along with others.
Scarab-Motorsports.com - The Legend Returns |
10-09-2015, 08:50 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 599 Polished Bronze
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There are many ties to the Cobra, Shelby even had success racing a Scarab. This one recently took a place next to my CSX 4000 aluminum car. The Scarab aluminum body is made by Kirkham. It makes the Cobra look and drive like a luxury car, my second favorite body next to the Cobra. So far nobody has asked if it's a replica because nobody knows what the heck it is.
Last edited by TimG427; 10-09-2015 at 08:52 AM..
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10-09-2015, 09:24 AM
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Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Congratulations - awesome purchase! I like the look of the Scarab, but when it comes to Shelby-connected sports racers of that era, IMO none match the sheer beauty of form exhibited by the Aston Martin DBR1 driven to victory at LeMans by Shelby and Salvadori.
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10-09-2015, 11:44 AM
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I don't think I could swing one of those, all the sports racers of the late 50's are beautiful.
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10-09-2015, 12:18 PM
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Location: Mokena,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft SBF-302
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I have no Scarab, but I have a picture of a 1958 Lister
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